For the United States Air Force use of the airport (1942â1990), see Van Nuys Air National Guard Base. Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley section of the city limits of Los Angeles, California.
Objective: To establish a correlation between a reliable subjective measure, the Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS), and an objective tool, the Bispectral Index (BIS), for monitoring critically ill patients with a decreased level of consciousness. Design: Prospective, comparative, single-blinded observer study.
Safety and Tolerability of Long-Term Bisphosphonate Therapy. Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a chronic medical condition that requires long-term treatment. Because of their relative safety, bisphosphonates have been labeled (for more than two decades) for the treatment of metabolic bone disorders such as Paget's disease.